Pomorza

Hey mates A few weekends ago I went over to the local tire shop to have my brakes bled - basically redid my front discs and needed the air out. Well they pulled all four tires off and bled the brakes per usual. When they were putting the wheels back on they said one of the lug studs was in very poor shape and should be replaced soon. Since I don't feel like pulling the bearings off I'ved lived with the wheels on. Well it has come time to do the rear drums - as well...its metal on metal..or very close to it. I'm afriad that if I pull the lug nut off the one lug nut that is in "poor shape" it will snap. Two questions. 1. What is your opinion on what I should do? 2. Is it safe to drive with three lugs in the rear? (yes I know dumb question, but I really don't have a weekend to pull the rear hub out and do the bearings - since I'm already in there). Thanks Jan

Hey mates I've asked this question before but for the life of me can't seem to find it again. The connector that connects the temperature guage to the sensor in the thermostat housing. Does anyone know where to get one as mine is....er....falling apart. Thanks Jan

Ladies and Gents Have a question for you guys. My Z is making a rather annoying squeaking noise from the front suspension occasionally. I took the tire off and tightened everything on the front suspension per torque specs. I do have a bit of a question. I replaced the brakes which required taking off all the hub and all. When I reinstalled it I tighted the hub bolt - the one that sits on the spindal - by hand and then a quarter or so turn with a wrench. If this was loose, could this cause any issues - persay a sound. Thanks Jan

Thank you all for the help. Got under the car today and found that the two 18mm bolts that hold the strut to the lower control arm were, loose is a nice word. I tightened these and everything else - ball joint, tc rod and all - it was all not tightened down all the way. No more movement at all. Thanks again Jan

Zed Head That said wire is sadly gone, fell off when I was doing the front cover a while ago. Should I just add a ground to the distributor? Thanks

Hey mates A few years back I did the ZX dizzy conversion on my Z. This past weekend, when checking everything I noticed that the little tab on the front of the distributor - near the vac advance - is not connected to anything. Is this supposed to be a ground? Does it actually do anything to performance/drivability? Picture is not of mine, but I'm speaking of the tab located on the housing. Thanks Jan

Mates New sympton to mension. When I go over bumps there's a squeaking noise (loudish) coming from the right front area. Thanks for the advice Jan

When you say locking nut do you mean the one on top of the shock? I'll take a look at all of these on my next day off.

Hey mates This past weekend I did an oil change on my Z - added some zinc which made it worth while. While I had the car in the air I grabbed the passengers side wheel to make sure the bearing and lugs were holding everything. To my amazement I can move the whole strut assembly - wheel and all - a bout 3 degrees in each direction as if I was turning. Any ideas what could be bad? Strut mounts? Thanks Jan

Zed Head I used to live in Florida so I'm not expecting anything new, minus more rain as we get something like 8" all year here. Thanks mates for the replies, will let you all know how things go. Thanks Jan

Hello mates It looks as if in the near future I will be moving down to Georgia - Savannah to be exact - for a job. A couple questions, any thing I need to know about registering my Z down there? Do they do emissions? Anything I need to know about keeping a Z (and maybe a 620 later on) down south. Thanks Jan

Hey guys Quick question. Is the flywheel from an L20B the same as the one on in the L28E? Thanks Jan

On the topic of clutches, which ones do you guys run? Do you like/dislike them? Thanks Jan

Yup sounds just about right. Doesn't really do it when its cold - or I haven't noticed - does do it when its hot. Well when I gather the money together I'll probably spend it on a new clutch. Thanks Jan

Zed It happens as I'm engaging the clutch and taking off from a dead stop.

Hey mates For the past few weeks I've noticed that on acceleration in first from a dead stop (and only in first) I get a horrible vibration which vibrates, well, pretty much the whole car. It feels as if something is loose or not grabbing. Any ideas? Clutch? Engine mounts? Jan

I know this is a rather dumb question. If hypothetically speaking it is an intake leak (or exhaust) would it be fine to drive with? The engineer in me can see the issue with having a leak, but I really don't have the energy to take the manifolds off AGAIN and replace the gasket AGAIN only to have this happen a few months down the road. I'll look into the belt this weekend when I have a day off. Thanks all Jan

Hello mates With the temps in the west where I live getting cooler I've noticed something rather interesting about my Z. When the car is started from a cold start - as in left sitting for a few horus and the motor is under 100 degrees - the engine will squeak on startup and run rather poorly for a few minutes. Poorly meaning this: if I press on the gas to raise the idle of rinstance the car will stumble. This only lasts a few moments - the poor running that is - and the said squeaking noise from the engine only lasts a few minutes. Once the engines been running maybe 5 minutes tops the noise is gone. The engine does idle rather low maybe 600 or so RPMs when I first start her - usually sits at 1000 when nice and warm. Anyone have any ideas? Could it be an exhuast leak that disipates as the engine gets warmer? Could it be something on the belt? Could it be a vacuum leak? Thanks guys Jan

Hey mates Long story short, I've noticed in the past that my passenger side carpet was getting wet everytime it rainned here in Tucson - which isn't that often. I pulled the carpet out and found the floorboard in ok shape - lots of surface rust - but covered in water. This past morning I was driving over to friends house in rain and noticed that evertime I would go over a puddle water would enter the cabin through the large rubber peice in the floor. Does anyone know where one could get these? Are they hard to put in/take out? Thanks mates Jan

Update: Well I came home from work all ready to disassemble the Z. Turned car on, no noise. Waited for said Z to warm up to operating temperature - which took a while - still no noise. Let run at operating temp for ten minutes while attempting to find said noise, nothing. The only things I hear is the cam, exhaust, the intake (which sounds like a vacuum cleaner sucking) and my injectors ticking. No more whine, maybe she was just moody. Jan

Thanks guys, The sound "seems" to be coming from the front area but I can't be 100% positive, as well everything is metal and tends to echo. Blue: Wouldn't timing chain noise be half the speed of the engine since the cam moves half as fast? Jan

Hey mates This evening my Z starting making an interesting whining noise. It goes up and down with engine speed and just seemed to appear though it could have been happening for a bit - I have a bit a loudish exhaust. It doens't matter if the clutch is depressed or not. Question I have is this, other then the alternator and waterpump is there anything mechancial that could make a whinning noise? I'm going to yank the belt of tomorrow and run it with the belt off and see if it's still there but would like your guys opinion. Thanks Jan

Hey mates Just wanted to update you all on the brake pads. I did indeed end up buying said wagner ceramic pads and from the first few rides I prefer these over the centric ones. They just seem a bit quieter and have a bit more stopping power, or at least it feels this way. Thanks Jan

Hey mates The day has come that I need to machine my front rotors and thus need to remove them to take them to a shop. First question, I'm going to repack the bearings - as its been three years since I did them - and wanted to know what is the best way to clean them. I want to clean all the old...ish grease out and put fresh nice grease in. Secondly, what is the best time - suspension loaded or in the air (no load) - to torque everything down to specs? I did my suspension a while ago and just want to make sure all the bolts are nice and torqued like they'res supposed to be. Thanks Jan

By gone I mean that the pads are nearly down to the metal, maybe .25 inch left. Jan